System prawny (2008)

System prawny - wybierz rok:
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- System prawny (2004) (porownaj)
- System prawny (2005) (porownaj)
- System prawny (2006) (porownaj)
- System prawny (2007) (porownaj)

Informacje o System prawny w 2008 rok

	Afganistan	based on mixed civil and Shari'a law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Akrotiri	the Sovereign Base Terytorium Administration has its own court system to deal z civil and criminal matters; laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the laws of the Republic of Cypr
	Albania	has a civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; has accepted jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court dla its citizens
	Algieria	socialist, based on French and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts w ad hoc Konstytucjaal Council composed of various public officials, including several Supreme Court justices; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Samoa Amerykanskie	NA
	Andora	based on French and Spanish civil codes; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Angola	based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; modified to accommodate political pluralism and increased use of free markets
	Anguilla	based on English common law
	Antarktyda	Antarktyda is administered through meetings of the consultative member nations; decisions from these meetings are carried out by these member nations (with respect to their own nationals and operations) w accordance z their own national laws; US law, including certain criminal offenses by or against US nationals, such as murder, may apply extraterritorially; some US laws directly apply to Antarktyda; dla example, the Antarctic Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. section 2401 et seq., provides civil and criminal penalties dla the following activities, unless authorized by regulation of statute: the taking of native mammals or birds; the introduction of nonindigenous plants and animals; entry into specially protected areas; the discharge or disposal of pollutants; and the importation into the US of certain items from Antarktyda; violation of the Antarctic Conservation Act carries penalties of up to $10,000 w fines and one year w prison; the National Science Foundation and Department of Justice share enforcement responsibilities; Public Law 95-541, the US Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as amended w 1996, requires expeditions from the US to Antarktyda to notify, w advance, the Office of Oceans, Room 5805, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, which reports such plans to other nations as required by the Antarctic Treaty; dla more information, contact Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia 22230; telephone: (703) 292-8030, or visit their website at www.nsf.gov; more generally, access to the Antarctic Treaty area, that is to all areas between 60 and 90 degrees south latitude, is subject to a number of relevant legal instruments and authorization procedures adopted by the states party to the Antarctic Treaty
	Antigua i Barbuda	based on English common law
	Argentyna	mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Armenia	based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Aruba	based on Dutch civil law system, z some English common law influence
	Wyspy Ashmore i Cartiera	the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia and the laws of the Northern Territory of Australia, where applicable, apply
	Australia	based on English common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, z reservations
	Austria	civil law system z Roman law origin; judicial review of legislative acts by the Konstytucjaal Court; separate administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Azerbejdzan	based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Bahamy	based on English common law
	Bahrajn	based on Islamic law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Wyspa Baker	the laws of the US, where applicable, apply
	Bangladesz	based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Barbados	English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, z reservations
	Bialorus	based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Belgia	based on civil law system influenced by English constitutional theory; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, z reservations
	Belize	English law
	Benin	based on French civil law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Bermudy	English law
	Bhutan	based on Indien law and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Boliwia	based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Bosnia i Hercegowina	based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Botswana	based on Roman-Dutch law and local customary law; judicial review limited to matters of interpretation; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, z reservations
	Wyspa Bouveta	the laws of Norwegia, where applicable, apply
	Brazylia	based on Roman codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Brytyjskie Terytorium Oceanu Indyjskiego	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply
	Brytyjskie Wyspy Dziewicze	English law
	Brunei	based on English common law; dla Muslims, Islamic Shari'a law supersedes civil law w a number of areas; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Bulgaria	civil law and criminal law based on Roman law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Burkina Faso	based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Birma	based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Burundi	based on German and Belgian civil codes and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Kambodza	primarily a civil law mixture of French-influenced codes from the United Nations Transitional Authority w Kambodza (UNTAC) period, royal decrees, and acts of the legislature, z influences of customary law and remnants of communist legal theory; increasing influence of common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Kamerun	based on French civil law system, z common law influence; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Kanada	based on English common law, except w Quebec, where civil law system based on French law prevails; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, z reservations
	Republika Zielonego Przyladka	based on the legal system of Portugalia; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Kajmany	British common law and local statutes
	Cesarstwo Srodkowoafrykanskie	based on French law
	Czad	based on French civil law system and Czadian customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Chile	based on Code of 1857 derived from Spanish law and subsequent codes influenced by French and Austrian law; judicial review of legislative acts w the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; note - w czerwiec 2005, Chile completed overhaul of its criminal justice system to a new, US-style adversarial system
	Chiny	based on civil law system; derived from Soviet and continental civil code legal principles; legislature retains power to interpret statutes; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Wyspa Bozego Narodzenia	under the authority of the governor general of Australia and Australian law
	Clipperton	the laws of Francja, where applicable, apply
	Wyspy Kokosowe	based upon the laws of Australia and local laws
	Kolumbia	based on Spanish law; a new criminal code modeled after US procedures was enacted into law w 2004 and is gradually being implemented; judicial review of executive and legislative acts
	Komory	French and Islamic law w a new consolidated code
	Kongo, Republika Demokratyczna	a new constitution was adopted by referendum 18 grudzien 2005; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, z reservations
	Kongo, Republika	based on French civil law system and customary law
	Wyspy Cooka	based on Nowa Zelandia law and English common law
	Wyspy Morza Koralowego	the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply
	Kostaryka	based on Spanish civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts w the Supreme Court; has accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Cote d'Ivoire	based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review w the Konstytucjaal Chamber of the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, z reservations
	Chorwacja	based on Austro-Hungarian law system z Communist law influences; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Kuba	based on Spanish civil law and influenced by American legal concepts, z large elements of Communist legal theory; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Cypr	based on English common law, z civil law modifications; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, z reservations
	Czechy	civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal code modified to bring it w line z Organization on Security and Cooperation w Europe (OSCE) obligations and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal theory
	Dania	civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, z reservations
	Dhekelia	the Sovereign Base Terytorium Administration has its own court system to deal z civil and criminal matters; laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the laws of the Republic of Cypr
	Dzibuti	based on French civil law system, traditional practices, and Islamic law; accepts ICJ jurisdiction, z reservations
	Dominika	based on English common law
	Republika Dominikanska	based on French civil codes; Criminal Procedures Code modified w 2004 to include important elements of an accusatory system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Ekwador	based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Egipt	based on Islamic and civil law (particularly Napoleonic codes); judicial review by Supreme Court and Council of State (oversees validity of administrative decisions); accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Salwador	based on civil and Roman law z traces of common law; judicial review of legislative acts w the Supreme Court
	Gwinea Równikowa	partly based on Spanish civil law and tribal custom
	Erytrea	primary basis is the Etiopian legal code of 1957, z revisions; new civil, commercial, and penal codes have not yet been promulgated; government also issues unilateral proclamations setting laws and policies; also relies on customary and post-independence-enacted laws and, dla civil cases involving Muslims, Islamic law; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Estonia	based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Etiopia	based on civil law; currently transitional mix of national and regional courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Unia Europejska	comparable to the legal systems of member states; first supranational law system
	Falklandy	English common law
	Wyspy Owcze	the laws of Dania, where applicable, apply
	Fidzi	based on British system
	Finlandia	civil law system based on Swedish law; the president may request the Supreme Court to review laws; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Francja	civil law system z indigenous concepts; review of administrative but not legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Polinezja Francuska	the laws of Francja, where applicable, apply
	Francuskie Terytoria Poludniowe i Antarktyczne	the laws of Francja, where applicable, apply
	Gabon	based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts w Konstytucjaal Chamber of the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Gambia	based on a composite of English common law, Islamic law, and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Georgia	based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Niemcy	civil law system z indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative acts w the Federal Konstytucjaal Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Ghana	based on English common law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Gibraltar	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply
	Grecja	based on codified Roman law; judiciary divided into civil, criminal, and administrative courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Grenlandia	the laws of Dania, where applicable, apply
	Grenada	based on English common law
	Guam	modeled on US; US federal laws apply
	Gwatemala	civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Guernsey	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply; justice is administered by the Royal Court
	Gwinea	based on French civil law system, customary law, and decree; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Gwinea Bissau	based on French civil law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Gujana	based on English common law z certain admixtures of Roman-Dutch law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Haiti	based on Roman civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Wyspy Heard i McDonalda	the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply
	Watykan	based on Code of Canon Law and revisions to it
	Honduras	rooted w Roman and Spanish civil law z increasing influence of English common law; recent judicial reforms include abandoning Napoleonic legal codes w favor of the oral adversarial system; accepts ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Hong Kong	based on English common law
	Howland	the laws of the US, where applicable, apply
	Wegry	based German-Austrian legal system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Islandia	civil law system based on Danish law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Indie	based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations; separate personal law codes apply to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus
	Indonezja	based on Roman-Dutch law, substantially modified by indigenous concepts and by new criminal procedures and election codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Iran	based on Sharia law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Irak	based on European civil and Islamic law under the framework outlined w the Iraki Konstytucja; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Irlandia	based on English common law, substantially modified by indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative acts w Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Wyspa Man	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply and Manx statutes
	Izrael	mixture of English common law, British Mandate regulations, and, w personal matters, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim legal systems; w grudzien 1985, Izrael informed the UN Secretariat that it would no longer accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Wlochy	based on civil law system; appeals treated as new trials; judicial review under certain conditions w Konstytucjaal Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Jamajka	based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Jan majen	the laws of Norwegia, where applicable, apply
	Japonia	modeled after German civil law system z English-American influence; judicial review of legislative acts w the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Jarvis	the laws of the US, where applicable, apply
	Jersey	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply and local statutes; justice is administered by the Royal Court
	Johnston	the laws of the US, where applicable, apply
	Jordania	based on Islamic law and French codes; judicial review of legislative acts w a specially provided High Tribunal; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Kazachstan	based on Islamic law and Roman law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Kenia	based on Kenian statutory law, Kenian and English common law, tribal law, and Islamic law; judicial review w High Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations; constitutional amendment of 1982 making Kenia a de jure one-party state repealed w 1991
	Kingman	the laws of the US, where applicable, apply
	Kiribati	NA
	Polnocna Korea	based on Prussian civil law system z Japoniaese influences and Communist legal theory; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Poludniowa Korea	combines elements of continental European civil law systems, Anglo-American law, and Chinese classical thought; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Kosowo	evolving legal system based on terms of UN Special Envoy Martii AHTISAARI's Plan dla Kosowo's supervised independence
	Kuwejt	civil law system z Islamic law significant w personal matters; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Kirgistan	based on French and Rosjan laws; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Laos	based on traditional customs, French legal norms and procedures, and socialist practice; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Lotwa	based on civil law system z traces of Socialist legal traditions and practices; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Liban	mixture of Ottoman law, canon law, Napoleonic code, and civil law; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Lesotho	based on English common law and Roman-Dutch law; judicial review of legislative acts w High Court and Court of Appeal; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Liberia	dual system of statutory law based on Anglo-American common law dla the modern sector and customary law based on unwritten tribal practices dla indigenous sector; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Libia	based on Italian and French civil law systems and Islamic law; separate religious courts; no constitutional provision dla judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Liechtenstein	local civil and penal codes based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Litwa	based on civil law system; legislative acts can be appealed to the constitutional court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Luksemburg	based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Makau	based on Portuguese civil law system
	Macedonia	based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Madagaskar	based on French civil law system and traditional Malagasy law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Malawi	based on English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts w the Supreme Court of Appeal; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Malezja	based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts w the Supreme Court at request of supreme head of the federation; Islamic law is applied to Muslims w matters of family law and religion; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Malediwy	based on Islamic law z admixtures of English common law primarily w commercial matters; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Mali	based on French civil law system and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts w Konstytucjaal Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Malta	based on English common law and Roman civil law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Wyspy Marshalla	based on adapted Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature, municipal, common, and customary laws
	Mauretania	a combination of Islamic law and French civil law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Mauritius	based on French civil law system z elements of English common law w certain areas; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Majotta	the laws of Francja, where applicable, apply
	Meksyk	mixture of US constitutional theory and civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Mikronezja, Sfederowane Stany Mikronezji	based on adapted Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature, municipal, common, and customary laws
	Midway	the laws of the US, where applicable, apply
	Moldawia	based on civil law system; Konstytucjaal Court reviews legality of legislative acts and governmental decisions of resolution; accepts many UN and Organization dla Security and Cooperation w Europe (OSCE) documents; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Monako	based on French law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Mongolia	blend of Soviet, German, and US systems that combine "continental" or "civil" code and case-precedent; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Czarnogora	based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Montserrat	English common law and statutory law
	Maroko	based on Islamic law and French and Spanish civil law systems; judicial review of legislative acts w Konstytucjaal Chamber of Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Mozambik	based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law
	Namibia	based on Roman-Dutch law and 1990 constitution
	Nauru	acts of the Nauru Parliament and British common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Navassa	the laws of the US, where applicable, apply
	Nepal	based on Hindu legal concepts and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Holandia	based on civil law system incorporating French penal theory; constitution does not permit judicial review of acts of the States General; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Antyle Holenderskie	based on Dutch civil law system z some English common law influence
	Nowa Kaledonia	based on French civil law; the 1988 Matignon Accords grant substantial autonomy to the islands
	Nowa Zelandia	based on English law, z special land legislation and land courts dla the Maori; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Nikaragua	civil law system; Supreme Court may review administrative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Niger	based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Nigeria	based on English common law, Islamic law (in 12 northern states), and traditional law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Niue	English common law; note - Niue is self-governing, z the power to make its own laws
	Wyspa Norfolk	based on the laws of Australia, local ordinances and acts; English common law applies w matters not covered by either Australian or Wyspa Norfolk law
	Mariany Polnocne	based on US system, except dla customs, wages, immigration laws, and taxation
	Norwegia	mixture of customary law, civil law system, and common law traditions; Supreme Court renders advisory opinions to legislature when asked; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Oman	based on English common law and Islamic law; ultimate appeal to the monarch; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Pakistan	based on English common law z provisions to accommodate Pakistan's status as an Islamic state; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Palau	based on Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature, municipal, common, and customary laws
	Palmyra	the laws of the US, where applicable, apply
	Panama	based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts w the Supreme Court of Justice; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Papua-Nowa Gwinea	based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Paragwaj	based on Argentine codes, Roman law, and French codes; judicial review of legislative acts w Supreme Court of Justice; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Peru	based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Filipiny	based on Spanish and Anglo-American law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Pitcairn	local island by-laws
	Polska	based on a mixture of Continental (Napoleonic) civil law and holdover Communist legal theory; changes being gradually introduced as part of broader democratization process; limited judicial review of legislative acts, but rulings of the Konstytucjaal Tribunal are final; court decisions can be appealed to the European Court of Justice w Strasbourg; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Portugalia	based on civil law system; the Konstytucjaal Tribunal reviews the constitutionality of legislation; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Portoryko	based on Spanish civil code and within the US Federal system of justice
	Katar	based on Islamic and civil law codes; discretionary system of law controlled by the Amir, although civil codes are being implemented; Islamic law dominates family and personal matters; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Rumunia	based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Rosja	based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Ruanda	based on German and Belgian civil law systems and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts w the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Saint-Barthelemy	the laws of Francja, where applicable, apply
	Swieta Helena	English common law and statutes, supplemented by local statutes
	Saint Kitts i Nevis	based on English common law
	Saint Lucia	based on English common law
	Saint Martin	the laws of Francja, where applicable, apply
	Saint-Pierre i Miquelon	the laws of Francja, where applicable, apply
	Saint Vincent i Grenadyny	based on English common law
	Samoa	based on English common law and local customs; judicial review of legislative acts z respect to fundamental rights of the citizen; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	San Marino	based on civil law system z Italian law influences; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Wyspy Swietego Tomasza i Ksiazeca	based on Portuguese legal system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Arabia Saudyjska	based on Shari'a law, several secular codes have been introduced; commercial disputes handled by special committees; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Senegal	based on French civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts w Konstytucjaal Court; the Council of State audits the government's accounting office; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Serbia	based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Seszele	based on English common law, French civil law, and customary law
	Sierra Leone	based on English law and customary laws indigenous to local tribes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Singapur	based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Slowacja	civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations; legal code modified to comply z the obligations of Organization on Security and Cooperation w Europe (OSCE) and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal theory
	Slowenia	based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Wyspy Salomona	English common law, which is widely disregarded
	Somalia	no national system; a mixture of English common law, Italian law, Islamic Shari'a, and Somali customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Republika Poludniowej Afryki	based on Roman-Dutch law and English common law
	Georgia Poludniowa i Sandwich Poludniowy	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply; the senior magistrate from the Falkland Islands presides over the Magistrates Court
	Hiszpania	civil law system, z regional applications; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Sri Lanka	a highly complex mixture of English common law, Roman-Dutch, Kandyan, and Jaffna Tamil law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Sudan	based on English common law and Islamic law; as of 20 styczen 1991, the now defunct Revolutionary Command Council imposed Islamic law w the northern states; Islamic law applies to all residents of the northern states regardless of their religion; however, the CPA establishes some protections dla non-Muslims w Khartoum; some separate religious courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations; the southern legal system is still developing under the CPA following the civil war; Islamic law will not apply to the southern states
	Surinam	based on Dutch legal system incorporating French penal theory; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Svalbard	the laws of Norwegia, where applicable, apply
	Suazi	based on Republika Poludniowej Afrykin Roman-Dutch law w statutory courts and Swazi traditional law and custom w traditional courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Szwecja	civil law system influenced by customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Szwajcaria	civil law system influenced by customary law; judicial review of legislative acts, except z respect to federal decrees of general obligatory character; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction z reservations
	Syria	based on a combination of French and Ottoman civil law; Islamic law is used w the family court system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Tajwan	based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Tadzykistan	based on civil law system; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Tanzania	based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts limited to matters of interpretation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Tajlandia	based on civil law system, z influences of common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Timor Wschodni	UN-drafted legal system based on Indonezjan law remains w place but is to be replaced by civil and penal codes based on Portuguese law; these have passed but have not been promulgated; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Togo	French-based court system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, z reservations
	Tokelau	Nowa Zelandia and local statutes
	Tonga	based on English common law
	Trynidad i Tobago	based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts w the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Tunezja	based on French civil law system and Islamic law; some judicial review of legislative acts w the Supreme Court w joint session; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Turcja	civil law system derived from various European continental legal systems; note - member of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), although Turcja claims limited derogations on the ratified European Convention on Human Rights; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Turkmenistan	based on civil law system and Islamic law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Turks i Caicos	based on laws of England and Wales, z a few adopted from Jamajka and The Bahamas
	Tuvalu	NA
	Uganda	in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, z reservations
	Ukraina	based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Zjednoczone Emiraty Arabskie	based on a dual system of Shari'a and civil courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Wielka Brytania	based on common law tradition z early Roman and modern continental influences; has nonbinding judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, z reservations
	Stany Zjednoczone	federal court system based on English common law; each state has its own unique legal system, of which all but one (Louisiana, which is still influenced by the Napoleonic Code) is based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Stany Zjednoczone Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	the laws of the US, where applicable, apply
	Urugwaj	based on Spanish civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Uzbekistan	based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Vanuatu	unified system being created from former dual French and British systems
	Wenezuela	open, adversarial court system
	Wietnam	based on communist legal theory and French civil law system has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Wyspy Dziewicze	based on US laws
	Wake	the laws of the US, where applicable, apply
	Wallis i Futuna	the laws of Francja, where applicable, apply
	Swiat	all members of the UN are parties to the statute that established the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or Swiat Court
	Jemen	based on Islamic law, Turkish law, English common law, and local tribal customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Zambia	based on English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts w an ad hoc constitutional council; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
	Zimbabwe	mixture of Roman-Dutch and English common law